Massive (song) explained

Massive
Type:single
Artist:Drake, Klahr & LIOH, Gordo
Album:Honestly, Nevermind
Genre:House
Length:5:36
Label:
Producer:
  • Gordo
  • Klahr (massive)
  • Zastenker
Chronology:Drake
Prev Title:Wait for U
Prev Year:2022
Massive
Title2:Sticky
Year:2022
Next Title:Staying Alive
Next Year:2022

"Massive" is a house song by Canadian rapper Drake. It was sent to contemporary hit radio through Republic Records and OVO Sound as the dual lead single from his seventh studio album, Honestly, Nevermind, on June 21, 2022, alongside the single "Sticky". Drake wrote the song with singer Tresor and with producers Gordo, Johannes Klahr, and Richard Zastenker.

Composition and lyrics

"Massive" was praised by Rolling Stone who said it could "easily fit on a DJ mix".[1] The song includes samples and a piano-based instrumental line.[2] [3]

Critical reception

HipHopDX said "Massive" was the album's "clearest radio smash".[4] Evening Standard said the song is "the cheesiest moment" on the album.[5] Variety noted the song's funeral theme and "concluded that the song’s mood casts it as a wry aside, rather than, well, sociopathic".[6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Greece International (IFPI)[7] 7
Iceland (Plötutíðindi)[8] 10
Italy (FIMI)[9] 90
Lebanon (OLT20)[10] 11
Lithuania (AGATA)[11] 27
Luxembourg (Billboard)[12] 14

Year-end charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[13] 56
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[14] 11

Release history

Region! scope="col"
DateFormatLabel
United StatesJune 21, 2022Contemporary hit radio[15]

Notes and References

  1. With 'Honestly, Nevermind' Drake Makes It OK to Dance. Rolling Stone. Ihaza. Jeff. June 17, 2022. June 21, 2022.
  2. Web site: Drake – Honestly, Nevermind Album Reviews, Songs & More. AllMusic. Sendra. Tim. June 21, 2022.
  3. Web site: Drake: Honestly, Nevermind review – brand new moods, same old moans. The Guardian. Petridis. Alexis. Alexis Petridis. June 17, 2022. June 21, 2022.
  4. Web site: Drake 'Honestly Nevermind' Is Diasporic Pop Music For The Streets, Not The Tweets. HipHopDX. Medithi. Vivian. June 20, 2022. June 22, 2022.
  5. Web site: Drake – Honestly, Nevermind first-listen review: Summery background music and not much more. Evening Standard. Smyth. David. June 17, 2022. June 21, 2022.
  6. Web site: Drake Comes Back From Dreary 'Lover Boy' With Refreshing Dance Music of 'Honestly, Nevermind': Album Review. Variety. Swhear. Alex. June 17, 2022. June 22, 2022.
  7. Web site: Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart – Week: 25/2022 . . July 4, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220704095436/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html. July 4, 2022. dead.
  8. Web site: Tónlistinn – Lög. The Music – Songs. is. Plötutíðindi. July 3, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220628031603/http://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/. June 28, 2022.
  9. Web site: Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 25. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. it. June 25, 2022.
  10. Web site: The Official Lebanese Top 20 - Drake . . August 8, 2022.
  11. Web site: 2022 26-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100). AGATA. lt. July 4, 2022. July 17, 2022.
  12. Drake Chart History (Luxembourg Songs). Billboard. June 29, 2022.
  13. Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2022. Billboard. December 2, 2022.
  14. Hot Dance/Electronic Songs – Year-End 2022. Billboard. December 5, 2022.
  15. Web site: Top 40/M Future Releases. All Access Music Group. June 21, 2022. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20220621215756/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases. June 21, 2022.

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